415, Lot: 626. Estimate $100. Sold for $85. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Basil I the Macedonian, with Constantine. 867-886. Debased AV Semissis (13mm, 1.29 g, 5h). Syracuse mint. Struck 868-878. Crowned facing bust of Basil, wearing loros, holding globus cruciger / Crowned facing bust of Constantine, wearing chlamys, holding globus cruciger. DOC 14a; Anastasi 579; SB 1714. VF, toned, some porosity, very pale.

From the D. Massey Collection, purchased from Glenn Woods.